package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[David A. Benitez]

Attempted to update this package. The errors given are in the error report. I could not report anything else that may be of use currently.

ProblemType: Package
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.31-21.59-generic
Uname: Linux 2.6.31-21-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Tue Aug 17 00:16:26 2010
ErrorMessage: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2
SourcePackage: openjdk-6
Title: package openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b18-1.8.1-0ubuntu1 failed to install/upgrade: subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 2

[Ralph Corderoy (ralph-inputplus)]

Oh bother! I marked this as a duplicate but then spotted the opening description stated 10.04, so I don't think it is a duplicate after all. I can see no way to undo my error? Editing the status isn't available to me. Perhaps the originator can fix this, making the status New again. Sorry.

[Brian Murray (brian-murray)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. It seems that there was an error on your system when trying to install a particular package. Please execute the following command, as it will clear your package cache, in a terminal:

sudo apt-get clean

Then try performing the update again. This will likely resolve your issue, but the failure can be caused by filesystem or memory corruption. So please also run a fsck on your filesystem(s) and a memory test. If this does resolve your bug please set its status to Invalid. Thanks in advance!

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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